COP15 Montreal: Coalition calls for a moratorium on industrial activities in primary forests

Primary Forest Alliance calls for policy changes in the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework

African tropical mountain forests store 2/3rd more carbon than previously estimated: Study

The Nature report underscores the vital role these tropical forests play in combating climate change

Premise of SC ruling on forest dwellers wrong: UN Special Rapporteur

Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, UN rapporteur on the rights of indigenous people, says tribals are treated like squatters all around the world

Activist arrested while protesting against upcoming biorefinery in Assam

Soneswar Narah was addressing a public meeting of residents affected by the biorefinery 

Two worlds that never meet

Video Essay>> Dont cut my head off • by Somnath Batabyal, Matti Pohjonen, Kazimuddin Ahmed and Pradip Saha • produced in …

Bhutan: Pursuit of happiness

Karma Tshiteem is the secretary of the Gross National Happiness Commission, the novel name of Bhutan’s Planning Commission. He tells Aditya …

Tata Steel lease creates a furore

Allegations by Bihar minister Sonadhari Singh of illegal mining in Chotanagpur has stirred up a hornets' nest.

Bureaucratic coup

Administrative officers wrest control of the environment ministry, relegating scientists to the sidelines

Songs of leaves and rain

Documentary >> An Ode to Marang Buru directed by Ambuja Kumar Satpathy Produced by Vasundhara 56 mins

News 360° - Briefs

Forest value to be revised

50 per cent of net present value of forests should go to communities, says report

POSCO: take land but give life

Misguided rules

Environment ministry framed guidelines which violate Forest Rights Act

IN SHORT

Protest for Kali river water

Thin end of wedge

Why Vedanta's success will be bad news

Big impact

Mining will tax area's natural resources

Police clears way for POSCO

Batons and bullets chase agitators blocking access to steel plant site  

Private funds for Madhya Pradesh forests: Beware of legal concerns, warn experts

MP government plans to hand over 37,420 sq km degraded forest to private companies for afforestation

Unexpected relief

Nobody expected farm forestry and exotics to become a major source of firewood

An official fiasco

Genesis of malaria

A study links malaria to farming

Easier to mine

A MEF proposal wants to do away with environmental clearance for small-scale mining

Sinking planks

Phytoplankton production could damage oceanic ecosystems

Prickly plans

Will those playing in MEF's new game be coopted?